i hear that train a coming

[gary]

; coming down the track, my first rail photo charter, day session on the belvedere & delaware, a steam tourist line in phillipsburg, new jersey. a lerro productions event, night session saturday 11/5/11, day sunday 11/6/11 ;

and from the night session

 

[jbwolffiv]

Nice shots! ; Love that first one! ; Was it a good time?

 

[ddindy]

The vintage truck really made that night shot. ; Great job!

 

[ELinder]

Cool. Did they set up spotlights for the second shot, or are those lights that are always there?

Erich

 

[PolynesianMedic]

Great stuff! ; I have to look and see if there is anything like that around here, but I am thinking no.

 

[gary]

I had a good time, I learned from cass that you have to have a mix of passive aggressive on the photo line. Some of them will not share unless the organizer makes frequent loud announcem$ents, at which time you need to move right up, or some will assume you were not interested.I expect some great shots showing up from mike with his mad train skilz. Lighting was halogen spots on stands, generator power, honda's mostly, quieter than the usual scene for me. And the event producer knew what kelvin to set for

 

[PolynesianMedic]

Was Mike there with you?

 

[gary]

Yes he was

 

[PolynesianMedic]

I can't wait to see the rest of the pictures from both of you.

 

[gary]

; so me being inclined more towards a photojournalistic style, worshipping sharpness as it were, this is what it looked like to me as best i recall, at that time and in that place. imagine my surprise when i found myself trying these arty motion blur things, i kind of liked this one, so i've let it out in public, both here and the phanfare gallery, of course me being me and all, the train would be going backwards ; ; ; ;
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[Imaginerd]

Great shots g$. The last one reminds me of Back to the Future. ;

 

[gary]

thanks, i imagine mike's really busy with a big work project or he'd have something up, wait'll you see his stuff, that boy got train skills, go over to either flickr or railpic.net and check out some of his trains in snow stuff.

and of course no self respecting farmer in 1951 america would be out in november without his deer hunting hat and jacket on, over his carhart overalls

 

[PolynesianMedic]

Great shots Gary. ; If you hadn't said that the train was in reverse in the motion shot, I wouldn't have guessed. ;

 

[mSummers]

Nice work Gary! ; I'll try to post some shots when I get home tonight. ; I almost have them processed.

Great stuff! ; I have to look and see if there is anything like that around here, but I am thinking no.

; I don't know of any charters in Florida, but a new tourist railroad called the Orange Blossom Cannonball started operating out of Tavares, FL recently. ; They have a wood burning Baldwin Mogul that was built in 1907. ; I'm hoping for a charter down there sometime since wood burning locomotives are extremely rare. ; http://www.orangeblossomcannonball.com/

 

[goofmick]

Gary, your steam pics look great. ;

Michael, I can't wait to see yours.

The Orange Blossom looks like a great side trip from WDW.

 

[PolynesianMedic]

Mike that is about 30 minutes from where I live. ; I am going to have to go check it out, and see if I can do it any justice. ; Thanks!

 

[mSummers]

Here's a couple from me. ; First one is from the night shoot.



The first shot of the morning just outside the yard limits:



This one was taken near the River Road Rock Cut:



More to come

 

[jbwolffiv]

Very nice Michael, I really like the second one! ; I guess this was not to far from me, being in NJ and all?

 

[gary]

phillipsburg is the hq for train ops, this was the last outing of the season, in fact they had to watch the coal usage so they could make it back to the yard to drop the fire for the winter